Chapter 730 Selim III’s New Army
One month later.
Stanislaw II returned to Warsaw from St. Petersburg in accordance with the armistice agreement.
Only Prince Poniatowski and a dozen officials greeted him, and both sides of the road seemed deserted.
The king did not return to the Royal Castle, but went to his small villa on the southern outskirts of Warsaw.
The next day, Stanislaw II officially announced that he would officially marry his mistress Ilzbieta Szydrosławka.
In fact, they have lived together for many years and have two children.
But in order not to anger the king's apparent mistress, Catherine II, they had not dared to make their relationship public.
Now, he no longer has to worry about the Russian Czar being unhappy.
In other words, she is already extremely unhappy, and it doesn't matter if she is a little more.
At the end of that month, at the request of the king and unanimously approved by the parliament, Prince Poniatowski became the regent of Poland and took charge of government affairs.
After the king's engagement banquet, rumors began to spread among Polish nobles and high-ranking officials that the king was just giving in to the tsar and bought valuable time for Poland to prepare for war. Many people went to the king's villa to sincerely thank him or apologize to him.
It’s just that the people don’t really agree with this. Ridiculous jokes about the relationship between the king and the tsar are their favorite.
Another two months later, the 3,900 soldiers who followed Kosciuszko and risked their lives to fight deep into the Russian heartland. Through the exchange of prisoners of war and the ransom of 800,000 rubles paid by the Polish government, the 3,900 soldiers who still survived were saved. Returned to the country.
Among them were 2,800 people who were captured in the last battle in Crimea, and 1,100 soldiers led by Shvihchits who continued to fight in the central and northern parts of Crimea.
Yes, the reason why the Tsar finally agreed to vomit out most of the Minsk he had eaten was precisely because Shvekhchits was still stirring up trouble in Crimea.
The streets of Warsaw were empty that day, and all the residents gathered on both sides of the streets to welcome their heroes back.
Everyone remembers that when they left Mozyr, there were 17,000 of them, but at this time, less than 4,000 came back alive, and hundreds of them were left with lifelong disabilities.
It was they who, at the expense of their own lives, dealt a severe blow to the invaders and gave Poland a glimmer of hope.
When the residents of Warsaw did not see their two generals Kosciuszko and Dombrowski, cries of grief enveloped the entire city.
The next day, thousands of people gathered in front of the Royal Fort Square to participate in the construction of the "Polish Victory Monument" on a voluntary basis.
This is a stone monument donated by more than a dozen Polish nobles and wealthy businessmen to engrave the great deeds of Polish warriors in their attack on Crimea. The height will reach an astonishing 50 meters.
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Northeastern Egypt, Sinai Peninsula.
On the north side of the city of Tours, Ottoman commander Mustafa Pasha saw the dust in the sky through the telescope, and his face couldn't help but become serious.
That was a sign of a massive mobilization of cavalry.
He knew very well the power of the Mamluk cavalry.
These cavalrymen who have ruled Egypt for hundreds of years have always maintained good training, and with the support of generous treatment, they are well-equipped and have very high morale.
To be honest, even if he had won several previous small battles, he still believed that Sudan's decision to attack Egypt was too risky.
Yes, after the war between Poland and Russia began, Selim III immediately took advantage of the opportunity when Russia had no time to look south, and decisively sent troops to Egypt on the grounds that the governor he sent to Egypt was restricted by the Mamluks.
And the reason why he dared to take action against this warlord force that had ruled Egypt for hundreds of years was his biggest reliance on the 2,000 new Topiz troops with full French equipment.
If he can win this battle, he will gain access to the rich Egyptian region, and the empire's finances will be greatly improved.
His New Deal and the plan to train the new army can be implemented more calmly. An officer quickly ran to Mustafa's side and saluted: "General, the enemy's cavalry has launched an attack."
The latter nodded slightly and said to the messenger: " Order General Omar Agha to attack"
Omar Agha was the commander of Topizh's new army.
More than 3,000 Mamluk cavalry roared towards the Ottoman army from the west and north directions.
Although the Ottoman army was large in number, with more than 36,000 people, its overall combat quality was really far worse than that of the Mamluks.
Sure enough, the 6,000 Ottoman infantry on the north side, assisted by 1,000 cavalry, were tightly entangled by more than 1,000 Mamluk cavalry, and even showed signs of being broken through several times.
On the west side, the main force of 2,000 Mamluk cavalry charged straight into the Ottoman left flank.
In previous battles, several gaps had appeared here under multiple rounds of attacks by Mamluk infantry.
Once the cavalry breaks in at this time, Mustafa's command post will immediately be exposed to the cavalry's sight.
However, when the Mamluk cavalry could vaguely see the outline of the Ottoman military formation through the dust, a clear drum beat suddenly came from the front.
Immediately afterwards, a white wall of people walked out of the sand curtain, holding up their bayonets in neat movements.
The Mamluk cavalry commander roughly estimated the number of enemy troops, which would not exceed 2,000 at most, so he decisively ordered his men to divide into five triangular formations and charge through the infantry's defense line.
According to his previous experience in fighting the Ottoman army, it would take at least 5,000 Ottoman infantry to barely block his 2,000 cavalry.
But the development of things was far beyond his expectation.
The sound of cannons appeared from behind the Ottoman queue, 3 of them.
The direction of the artillery fire was very concentrated. After only 4 rounds of volleys, the cavalry formation in the middle was blown away.
Actually, Topiz's artillery skills are not very good, but as long as four or five rounds of the 12-pound heavy artillery pass through the cavalry formation, they can cause amazing damage.
The willpower of the Mamluk cavalry was not that strong in front of the artillery.
However, the remaining cavalry rushed to the infantry smoothly, and then they saw the cold-gleaming bayonets facing them on the three levels in front and behind.
But those infantrymen stood there firmly, motionless.
The war horse immediately stopped instinctively. The rider hurriedly pulled on the reins, intending to pass in front of the infantry line, but the Ottoman guns rang out.
The serious Charleville 1763-style flintlock gun is much more powerful and accurate than the one made by Ottoman craftsmen.
After several rounds of volleys, the Mamluk cavalry crowded in front of the infantry defense line had been beaten to their knees. Those who wanted to retreat and those who had just rushed forward huddled together, instantly falling into chaos.
Seeing this scene, Mustafa finally breathed a sigh of relief.
What he feared most was the Mamluks' elite cavalry.
At this time, these cavalry were defeated by Topiz's infantry, and the rest would be much easier.
He immediately ordered the main force of the Imperial Guard in the middle to launch a general attack.
Without cavalry cover, the Mamluk center army was quickly overwhelmed by tens of thousands of Ottoman imperial troops.
(End of this chapter)